The back door of a home in the 200 block of East Paces Drive was kicked in between 6 and 8 p.m. Wednesday and a PlayStation 4, a laptop computer, a computer tablet and a rifle altogether valued at $1,600 were stolen, Athens-Clarke County police said.
An officer who investigated the break-in noted in a police report that “the area is well known for having burglaries and having back doors kicked in.”